Middle Eastern Home Cooking
Manousheh Masters
Make dough from scratch, stretch it by hand, and top it with za'atar and cheese the traditional way — then bake and eat what you made.
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Four programs. One kitchen. Every class funds Eternal Light.
From hands-on cooking classes to free community workshops, every session happens right in The Light Kitchen's commercial kitchen in Dearborn — and funds the meals this kitchen cooks every week.
4 ProgramsOne Kitchen
Some FreeSome Ticketed
Every SessionFunds Eternal Light
Four ways in
One Kitchen. Four Programs.
Pick the one that fits — or come back for all four. Paid classes fund the free ones, and every one of them funds the meals this kitchen cooks every week.
The Light Kitchen Academy
Hands-on cooking and baking classes, ticketed, taught by people who know the dishes.
Gather At The Light Kitchen
Date nights, private events, and group experiences — book the kitchen for your people.
Cooking With Purpose
Free and sponsored community workshops — built for the families this kitchen already serves.
Little Lights Culinary Academy
Cooking classes and youth development for kids and teens.
The Light Kitchen Academy
Hands-On Classes. Taught By People Who Know The Dishes.
Small, hands-on, no experience needed. You make it, you eat it, you take the recipe home. Every ticket funds the kitchen's meal program.
Middle Eastern Home Cooking
Sittoo's Kitchen
Lebanese home cooking taught by the women who grew up making it — warak enab, kibbeh, and the stories behind them.
Notify MeBaking & Pastry
Cake Decorating 101
Frosting, piping, and cake design fundamentals. Leave with a cake you built yourself.
Notify MeMore classes get added as we schedule them — mezze, baklava & maamoul, bread from scratch, and a rotating Guest Chef series are all on the list. Tell us below what you'd come to.
Gather At The Light Kitchen
Date Nights. Private Events. Your Group.
A social night out as much as a cooking class — or a private session built entirely around your group. Either way, it funds the kitchen the same way renting it does.
Date Night
Pasta From Scratch
Make fresh pasta and sauce together, then sit down to the meal you just made.
Notify MeBring your own group. Team outings, school groups, nonprofit boards, birthday parties — book a private hands-on session. Pick from the classes above or tell us what you're after and we'll build around it.
Group Size6–20 People
PricedPer Person
Book Ahead2+ Weeks
Thank You
We've got it, and we'll be in touch to work out the details and a quote.
Sponsor A Class
A local business can fund a full community workshop and be recognized as its sponsor — $500–$1,500 suggested, depending on size. It's how we plan to pay for the free classes below.
Cooking With Purpose
Free Classes. Built For This Community.
Not every class here is a fundraiser. Some are community education, paid for by ticket sales from Academy and Gather classes, or by a sponsor — free for the people who come.
Community Education
Cooking On A Budget
Learn to stretch a grocery budget into a week of nutritious meals — built for the families this kitchen already serves.
Notify MeVolunteer Event
Cook For A Cause
A hands-on volunteer session — help prepare and package meals that go straight into this kitchen's weekly deliveries across Metro Detroit.
VolunteerLittle Lights Culinary Academy
Cooking Classes For Kids & Teens.
Kitchen safety, measuring, simple recipes, and a reason to be proud of what they made. Built alongside Eternal Light's existing youth programs.
Kids, Ages 6–12
Little Lights: Pizza Making
Kids make their own personal pizza, start to finish — dough, sauce, toppings, and into the oven.
Notify MeTeens
Future Chefs
A multi-week course covering real kitchen skills, food safety, and teamwork — a hands-on complement to Eternal Light's youth leadership programs.
Notify MeEvery Little Lights session requires a signed parent or guardian consent form, and kids are supervised by kitchen staff throughout. Exact policy, ratios, and any additional insurance requirements are still being confirmed — nothing involving minors goes on the calendar until that's settled.
Stay in the loop
Hear About It The Second It's Scheduled.
Tell us which program interests you and we'll email you the second real dates and prices go up — no mailing list, no spam.
Thank You
We've got it. We'll email you the second dates and pricing go up for what you picked.
Or Just Donate
Skip the class and give directly — it goes straight to Eternal Light and funds this kitchen, and unlike class fees, it's tax-deductible.